Monerans are single-celled organisims with no nucleus.
Some examples of monerans in tundra are:
Aerobacter aerogenes found in water.
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia found in soil.
Kingdom Protista
Protistans are single-celled organisims with a nucleus.
Some examples of monerans in tundra are:
A ciliate found in the arctic ocean.
Diatoms, a type of algae, found in Arctic sea ice.
Kingdom Fungi
Fungi are multi-cellular organism with no chlorophyll and absorb nutrients.
Some fungi combine with algae to form lichen, these are comonly found in tundra, some examples are:
Cladonia rangiferina, or Grey Reindeer Lichen, has a wider ecological amplitude than other reindeer lichens and is thus more common than the others in less favorable habitats such as wet bogs and shaded woods.
Cladonia stygia, or Black-Footed reindeer lichen, is most frequent in peatlands, particularly treeless bogs
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis
Kingdom Plantae
Plants are multi-celled organisims that make their own food using photosynthesis. They have chlorophyll and cell walls:
Marchantia polymorpha; Liverwort
Most often found on moist or wet mineral soil, especially in recently burned areas.
Kingdom Plantae
Division Hepatophyta
Class Hepaticae
Order Marchantiales
Family Marchantiaceae
Genus Marchantia
Species polymorpha
Marchantia polymorpha
Ceratodon purpureus, Fire Moss, or Purple Horn Toothed Moss
Found in every state and province of the US and Canada and many other countries. Has a wide range of habitat and is found on
soil, rock, wood, humus, old roofs, sand, and cracks in sidewalks.
Kingdom Plantae Division Bryophyta
Class Musci
Order Dicranales
Family Ditrichaceae
Genus Ceratodon
species purpureus
Ceratodon purpeus
Rubus chamaemorus, or the cloudberry is mainly a wild plant but can be farmed in places many other plants can't such as the northern coast of Norway. They appear natrually in the northern hemispere and is found in mainly mountanous regions, or alpine tundra.
The brittle fern,Cystopteris fragilis, lives in the mountanous alpine tundra of Utah in the Juab county.
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Filicopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Genus: Cystopteris
species: fragilis
Cystopteris fragilis
Equisetum variegatum, the variegated scouring rush, likes to grow in damper areas of the tundra.
Picea mariana, black spruce, is found in both lowland and upland areas. Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopspida
Order: Pinales Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Picea
Species: mariana
Picea mariana
Kingdom Animalia
The Tundra Wolf----Canis lupus albus
Carnivore
The Tundra Wolf (Canis lupus albus) is a subspecies of Grey Wolf. It lives in the northern arctic and boreal regions of Russia.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mamalia
Order: Carivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species: lupus
Subspecies: albus
Wolverine---Gulo gulo.Wolverines are carnivores. Wolverines live
in areas that have snow on the ground in winter
and have an extremely large territory per wolverine.
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Carnivora
Family:Mustelidae
Genus:Gulo
Species:gulo
Lemming---Lemmus lemmus. Herbivore. Lemmings are small rodents, usually found in or near the Arctic, in tundra biomes Kingdom: Animalia
Phlyum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Lemmus
species: lemmus
Arctic Cods are both primary and secondary carnivores.
Arctic Cod live in the arctic ses off northern Russia, Alaska, Canada, and Greenland. They are
usually found at the water's surface but you can also find them 900 meters below sea level. Arctic Cod prefer the water
to be under 4°C and thrive when it's under 0°C.
Ringed Seal--- Pusa hispida. Carnivore. Ringed seals live throughout the Arctic Ocean. They can be found in the Baltic Sea, the Bering Sea and the Hudson Bay. They prefer to rest on ice floe and will move farther north for denser ice.Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivoria Family: Phocidae Genus: Pusa species: hispida
Snowy Owl--- Bubo scandiacus, canivore.
Snowy Owls winter south through Canada and northernmost Eurasia, They live in the snow too, so many make their homes in Tundra.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Bubo
species: scandiacus
Ermine---Mustela erminea, Carnivore The Ermine can be found almost everywhere throughout the northern temperate, subarctic and Arctic regions
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivoria Family: Mustelinae Genus: Mustela
species: erminea
Ptarmigan- Lagopus muta, Omnivore found across arctic and subarctic Eurasia and North America (including Greenland) on rocky mountainsides and tundra. Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes Family: Tetraonidae Genus: Lagopus species: muta
Arctic Hare- Lepus arcticus a hare which is largely adapted to polar and mountainous habitats. Kingdom: Animalia Phlyum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Lagomorpha Family: Leporidae Genus: Lepus Species: arcticus
Tundra Facts By Emily C. and John H.
Kingdom Monera
Monerans are single-celled organisims with no nucleus.Some examples of monerans in tundra are:
Aerobacter aerogenes found in water.
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia found in soil.
Kingdom Protista
Protistans are single-celled organisims with a nucleus.Some examples of monerans in tundra are:
A ciliate found in the arctic ocean.
Diatoms, a type of algae, found in Arctic sea ice.
Kingdom Fungi
Fungi are multi-cellular organism with no chlorophyll and absorb nutrients.
Some fungi combine with algae to form lichen, these are comonly found in tundra, some examples are:
Cladonia rangiferina, or Grey Reindeer Lichen, has a wider ecological amplitude than other reindeer lichens and is thus more common than the others in less favorable habitats such as wet bogs and shaded woods.
Cladonia stygia, or Black-Footed reindeer lichen, is most frequent in peatlands, particularly treeless bogs
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis
Kingdom Plantae
Plants are multi-celled organisims that make their own food using photosynthesis. They have chlorophyll and cell walls:
Marchantia polymorpha; Liverwort
Most often found on moist or wet mineral soil, especially in recently burned areas.Kingdom Plantae
Division Hepatophyta
Class Hepaticae
Order Marchantiales
Family Marchantiaceae
Genus Marchantia
Species polymorpha
Ceratodon purpureus, Fire Moss, or Purple Horn Toothed Moss
Found in every state and province of the US and Canada and many other countries. Has a wide range of habitat and is found on
soil, rock, wood, humus, old roofs, sand, and cracks in sidewalks.
Kingdom Plantae
Division Bryophyta
Class Musci
Order Dicranales
Family Ditrichaceae
Genus Ceratodon
species purpureus
Rubus chamaemorus, or the cloudberry is mainly a wild plant but can be farmed in places many other plants can't such as the northern coast of
Norway. They appear natrually in the northern hemispere and is found in mainly mountanous regions, or alpine tundra.
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus:Rubus
species: chamaemorus
Lycopodium selago, or mountain clubmoss
The Lycopodium selago grows in moist woods and moist alpine and arctic tundra, it prefers acidic soil.
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Lycopodiophyta
Class: Lycopodiopsidia
Order: Lycopodiales
Family: Lycopodiaceae
Genus: Lycopodium
Species: selago
The brittle fern,Cystopteris fragilis, lives in the mountanous alpine tundra of Utah in the Juab county.
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Filicopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Genus: Cystopteris
species: fragilis
Equisetum variegatum, the variegated scouring rush, likes to grow in damper areas of the tundra.
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Equisetophyta
Class: Equisetopsida
Order: Equisetales
Family: Equisetaceae
Genus: Equisetum
Species: variegatum
Picea mariana, black spruce, is found in both lowland and upland areas.
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopspida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Picea
Species: mariana
Kingdom Animalia
The Tundra Wolf----Canis lupus albusCarnivore
The Tundra Wolf (Canis lupus albus) is a subspecies of Grey Wolf. It lives in the northern arctic and boreal regions of Russia.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mamalia
Order: Carivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species: lupus
Subspecies: albus
Wolverine---Gulo gulo.Wolverines are carnivores. Wolverines live
in areas that have snow on the ground in winter
and have an extremely large territory per wolverine.
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Carnivora
Family:Mustelidae
Genus:Gulo
Species:gulo
Lemming---Lemmus lemmus. Herbivore.
Lemmings are small rodents, usually found in or near the Arctic, in tundra biomes
Kingdom: Animalia
Phlyum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Lemmus
species: lemmus
Arctic Cods are both primary and secondary carnivores.
Arctic Cod live in the arctic ses off northern Russia, Alaska, Canada, and Greenland. They are
usually found at the water's surface but you can also find them 900 meters below sea level. Arctic Cod prefer the water
to be under 4°C and thrive when it's under 0°C.
Kingdom: Anamalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Gadidae
Genus: Arctogadus
Species: glacialis
Ringed Seal--- Pusa hispida. Carnivore.
Ringed seals live throughout the Arctic Ocean. They can be found in the Baltic Sea, the Bering Sea and the Hudson Bay. They prefer to rest on ice floe and will move farther north for denser ice. Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivoria
Family: Phocidae
Genus: Pusa
species: hispida
Snowy Owl--- Bubo scandiacus, canivore.
Snowy Owls winter south through Canada and northernmost Eurasia, They live in the snow too, so many make their homes in Tundra.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Bubo
species: scandiacus
Ermine---Mustela erminea, Carnivore
The Ermine can be found almost everywhere throughout the northern temperate, subarctic and Arctic regions
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivoria
Family: Mustelinae
Genus: Mustela
species: erminea
Ptarmigan- Lagopus muta, Omnivore
found across arctic and subarctic Eurasia and North America (including Greenland) on rocky mountainsides and tundra.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Tetraonidae
Genus: Lagopus
species: muta
Arctic Hare- Lepus arcticus
a hare which is largely adapted to polar and mountainous habitats.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phlyum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Lagomorpha
Family: Leporidae
Genus: Lepus
Species: arcticus
Arctic Wolf- Canis Lupus Arctos, Carnivore.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species: lupus arctos
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